27th Jul 2006 14:30
Northumbrian Water Group PLC27 July 2006 27 July 2006 NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP PLC (the "Company") Annual General Meeting ("AGM") 27 July 2006 As announced on 25 November 2005, at the Company's AGM held earlier today, SirFrederick Holliday retired as Chairman and was succeeded by non-executivedirector, Sir Derek Wanless. In addition, two copies of the ordinary resolution passed at the AGM as specialbusiness, the text of which is provided below, have been sent to the UKLA'sDocument viewing facility and will shortly be available for inspection. ORDINARY RESOLUTION IT WAS RESOLVED: THAT the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary Northumbrian Water Limited beand are hereby authorised to make Donations to EU political organisations and toincur EU political expenditure in an aggregate amount not exceeding £20,000during the period beginning with the date of this resolution and ending at theclose of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2007 or on 26October 2007 (whichever is the sooner). For the purposes of this resolution, theterms "Donations", "EU political organisations" and "EU political expenditure"have the meanings set out in section 347A of the Companies Act 1985. Further Enquiries: Finsbury: 020 7251 3801 Andrew Mitchell Sally Hogan This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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